98 degrees in my garage. i have a scottish something or other fermenting in a styrofoam cooler. the 2gallon bucket is surrounded by foam ice packs. it is holding at just under 60 degrees. i am happy with it. i change ice packs every 24 hours.

It's getting hot really early this year. You here complaints at the parade on the 4th when the temp hits 90-95. This year it's going to be that by half way through and not stopping till 100+. Another year of drought in Central Iowa. No rain in the 7 day forecast again this week.

It is keeping my kids (life guards at the aquatic center this year) busy though. Lots of people looking for ways to stay cool.

Hot with varying degrees of humidity. We've been getting rain almost everyday. Some of the storms have been quite destructive. Trees down everywhere, a lot of folks still without power after four days and may not have it until the weekend. Personally, I've been pretty lucky. I have one tree that's been hit by lightning three times.

Hot with varying degrees of humidity. We've been getting rain almost everyday. Some of the storms have been quite destructive. Trees down everywhere, a lot of folks still without power after four days and may not have it until the weekend. Personally, I've been pretty lucky. I have one tree that's been hit by lightning three times.

Its been a few years since we got hit by a big nasty wind storm (knock on wood). Glad to hear you're oka y and didn't sustain much damage. Storms like those tend to make or break neighborhoods. I've made some great friendships with people who wondered into my yard with saws and wheelbarrows and vice-versa after a storm.

Stay cool and help where you can. You'll be paid back many times over (of course you know that already, you're a homebrewer).